Initialize padding bytes in btree_gist varbit support.
The code expands a varbit gist leaf key to a node key by copying the bit data twice in a varlen datum, as both the lower and upper key. The lower key was expanded to INTALIGN size, but the padding bytes were not initialized. That's a problem because when the lower/upper keys are compared, the padding bytes are used compared too, when the values are otherwise equal. That could lead to incorrect query results. REINDEX is advised for any btree_gist indexes on bit or bit varying data type, to fix any garbage padding bytes on disk. Per Valgrind, reported by Andres Freund. Backpatch to all supported versions.
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